The animal in bold black is the fox. The silver fox is just like a red fox but silver.
Its scientific name is the urocyon cinereoargenteus.
Why the Silver Fox is a living animal.
The Silver Fox's is a living thing because it survives, grows, an develop like a living creature. It also has one or more cell(s). Like any other living thing, it needs water, food, and a place to live in.
Grow and developing
The Silver Fox starts off as a pup. They are blind and deaf when they were born. For the first couple of weeks the pups stay in there burrow.
The male hunts food while the female guards and rests in the den. After a month the pups can come out of their burrow and wander around the area their burrow is in. Now that the pups developed teeth, the pups can start eating solid (harder) foods.
Responding to environment
The silver fox responds to the environment by putting their urine to mark there territory. They also dig holes to live in. Once they move out of there holes, they can make another home for another creature or bacteria.
Reproduction
Silver Foxes reproduce once it is autumn. The mum gives birth to about 7 to 14 pups. Only 3 to 4 survive. The gestation period is 54 days.
Scientific casification
Kingdom:
[[/wiki/Animal|Animalia]]
Phylum:
[[/wiki/Chordate|Chordata]]
Class:
[[/wiki/Mammal|Mammalia]]
Order:
[[/wiki/Carnivora|Carnivora]]
Family:
[[/wiki/Canidae|Canidae]]
Tribe:
[[/wiki/Vulpini|Vulpini]]
Genus:
[[/wiki/Vulpes|Vulpes]]
Species:
V. vulpes
Nutrients and Energy
-gets its nutrients from the small mammals it eats. It contains lots of nutrients and some fibers. The vegetation provides a quick blast of energy for the silver fox.
The Silver Fox eats grasses, berries, small mammals, small reptiles, small amphibians, scorpions, fruit, fish, eggs from birds, insects and other small animals. This animal is an omnivore.
Water
-gets its water from lakes or from rivers, like a river valley.
Air
-breathes air from there lungs, just like any other mammal would. They breathe the same way as a dog would.
Habitat
- found in the coast of B.C. and the coasts of Washington state, Oregon, and the north part of California.
They are usually found in partly-opened land. Some examples are farm land, forest clearing, the tundra area or river valleys.
Silver Fox
The animal in bold black is the fox. The silver fox is just like a red fox but silver.Its scientific name is the urocyon cinereoargenteus.
Why the Silver Fox is a living animal.
The Silver Fox's is a living thing because it survives, grows, an develop like a living creature. It also has one or more cell(s). Like any other living thing, it needs water, food, and a place to live in.Grow and developing
The Silver Fox starts off as a pup. They are blind and deaf when they were born. For the first couple of weeks the pups stay in there burrow.The male hunts food while the female guards and rests in the den. After a month the pups can come out of their burrow and wander around the area their burrow is in. Now that the pups developed teeth, the pups can start eating solid (harder) foods.
Responding to environment
The silver fox responds to the environment by putting their urine to mark there territory. They also dig holes to live in. Once they move out of there holes, they can make another home for another creature or bacteria.Reproduction
Silver Foxes reproduce once it is autumn. The mum gives birth to about 7 to 14 pups. Only 3 to 4 survive. The gestation period is 54 days.Scientific casification
Nutrients and Energy
The Silver Fox eats grasses, berries, small mammals, small reptiles, small amphibians, scorpions, fruit, fish, eggs from birds, insects and other small animals. This animal is an omnivore.
Water
Air
Habitat
They are usually found in partly-opened land. Some examples are farm land, forest clearing, the tundra area or river valleys.
food chain of Silver fox: Predaters and prey.
V.V cascadensis is the Silver Fox (a.k.a #4)
searching sources:
http://www.wisconsinhunter.com/Pages/grayfox.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_fox_(animal)
http://www.thefoxwebsite.org/ecology/ecologylifecycle.html
http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/env/snp/programs/education/animal_facts/mammals/fox.html